CVE-2015-2736

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-2736  

The nsZipArchive::BuildFileList function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 accesses unintended memory locations, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted ZIP archive.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The nsZipArchive::BuildFileList function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 accesses unintended memory locations, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted ZIP archive.

Find out more about CVE-2015-2736 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) RHSA-2015:1455 2015-07-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1207 2015-07-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1207 2015-07-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) RHSA-2015:1455 2015-07-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2015:1455 2015-07-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1207 2015-07-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2015:1455 2015-07-20

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ronald Crane as the original reporter.

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